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December inspection.
The dollars also covered le-
gal fees and loss of federal rev-
enue due to the Home's
declining census. Occupancy
dropped from 212 to about 160.
It has since increased to the
high 170s.
Former Federation President
Mark Schlussel was involved
with making the decision to al-
locate United Jewish Found-
ation monies to the Home. He
said he thought the dollars
would stretch beyond one in-
spection.
"The expectation (of Federa-
tion's Board of Governors) was
that once the resources were
spent, a system would be in
place to ensure a continuing
quality of care," he said.
But Mr. Naftaly called the
fast-track clean-up a quick fix.
Comprehensive Health Ser-
vices Consulting, led by its CEO
and President Markey Butler,
was retained until late
February — about two months
after the successful inspection.
The consultants left because
their work was done, Mr.
Naftaly said.
"Markey was never hired for
the long term," he said. "You
can't run a home with consul-
tants. They are too expensive.
"We know we have a quality
person to run the home. (Ms.
Rabidoux) was endorsed by the
state. We now have a whole
new team in place. All we can
do now is continue and try to
make it better."
Mr. Naftaly said JHA will
not request additional funds
from Federation. Already this
year, Federation has proposed
that JHA receive a $29,000 in-
crease to last year's Allied
Jewish Campaign allocation of
$860,000.
More time, not more money,
is key to the Home's survival,
Mr. Naftaly said.
Ms. Rabidoux agrees.
Though she called Federation's
funding of the fast-track a wise
move, she also said it was a
"Band-Aid," destined to fall off.
"The (consulting) team was
hired to fix it quickly, and that's
what they did," she said. "Now,
all the Band-Aids have fallen
off and we're left with the long
haul."
The long haul thus far has
entailed filling many executive
positions at the Home, includ-
ing head nurse. This process
has required exorbitant
amounts of time and energy,
JHA officials said.
"The location of Borman Hall
makes it difficult to recruit staff
for the Home," Ms. Rabidoux
said. "Also, many good individ-
uals in the industry are afraid
to tackle the challenge of a
home with problems."
Ms. Rabidoux said the va-
cant staff positions were filled
by late May. Now, the Home
needs more time to train the
new hires.
"They haven't had a chance
to do their job," she said.
This is part of the explana-
tion JHA officials give for the
Home's apparent regression
from last December's inspec-
tion. They also say the new ad-
ministrators — Ms. Rabidoux
and Mr. Steele — had to cre-
ate and implement new sys-
tems of care at the Home.
Mr. Steele said the consult-
ing firm did not sufficiently
train staff during its tenure at
the Home. This made for a
rocky transition between Feb-
ruary and the present.
'When the consultants exit-
ed, no training was provided to
our own employees to continue
with the proper documentation,
to assess people properly and to
follow through with care," said
Mr. Steele, referring to defi-
ciency areas on MDPH's report.
"The surveyors said they didn't
want to see another quick-fix."
Markey Butler denies the
fast-track was merely a quick-
fix.
"I don't know what has hap-
pened," she said. 'We felt very,
very positive when we left. We
were clearly moving on a path
of employee-administered care.
There was an inordinate
amount of training done while
we were there.
"I don't think finger-pointing
is appropriate," she said. "When
we left, we had systems in place
at the Home to deal with eating
patterns, skin ulcers, weight...
As far as I was concerned, the
Home was in very good condi-
tion."
"I am relieved that
the facility is
going to make a
maximum effort to
stay in the
program."
Dr. Richard Yerian
JHA and Federation officials
are not talking about closing
the Home. Despite the Level A
citations, they are encouraged
by improvements in other ar-
eas of the inspection. For in-
stance, last August, the Home
was written up for Level A de-
ficiencies in infection control
and recreational programming.
Neither category received Level
A marks this month.
If the state decides to give
Borman Hall 45 days to correct
its problems, will that be
enough time?
"We believe it's possible," Ms.
Rabidoux said. "I believe there
will be a Jewish home. I believe
we will be able to resolve these
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